Another View: This pope is making news

What's noteworthy about pope's humility: That it is news at all

11:53 PM,
Sep. 27, 2013

Pope Francis kisses an infant handed to him during his driven tour through the crowd in St. Peter's Square before delivering his message, translated in several languages, at his weekly general audience, at the Vatican.

Written by

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Since ascending to the papacy in March, the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio has managed to surprise and impress the religious and irreligious alike by living a brand of faith seldom seen on the public stage. Pope Francis insists on carrying his own bags, living in a simple apartment and cooking his own supper. He has largely shunned the papal Mercedes-Benz in favor of a 5-year-old Ford Focus. One of the earliest acts of his papacy was to wash and kiss the feet of a dozen young prisoners, two of them girls, at least one of them a Muslim.